Toronto Motorcycle Show Dec 7-9

For anyone that is interested, here is a list of exhibitors
http://www.sportshows.ca/tms/links.htm

I might drop by and look at the winter gloves.

[Burt69er]

Won't have the kids that day, so I'm prime for a visit.

Any word if the new bikes will be there, like the 848, 1098R and 696?

Originally Posted by Burt69er

Won't have the kids that day, so I'm prime for a visit.

Any word if the new bikes will be there, like the 848, 1098R and 696?

I don't know but I looked at the list of exhibitors on the show website and I see that Ducati USA will be there as well as other Ducati GTA dealers (Rev Cycels, GP Bikes, etc). So maybe... it would be neat to see in person.

[brad the lad]

DOCC site said no desmodeci no new monster, but you never know. Will probably hobble around Sunday.

[Markus]

So how was the MMIC show? Anything particularly exciting? Pics

I'll be coming to the Toronto bike show in January. Anyone else going to that one?
http://www.supershowevents.com/

[ute]

not a bad show ..the Ducati display sucked ...some hott booth babes

I dropped by the show Sunday between noon and three and spent some time in most of the booths.

Overall it has to be the biggest show in Canada with most of the manufacturers (Ducatia, Aprillia, BMW, HD, the Japanese, Triumphs, KTM, etc) displaying their roster. For a lazy guy like me it was the place to be to see all the bikes in one place. I was impressed.

The only thing missing was the ability to turn on the bikes and try them out It would be awesome if each manufacturer was assigned an "on time" where they could turn on their bikes for people to hear.

As for Ducati, they had a nice clean booth with all their bikes (except the the 696 - at least I didn't see one) and you could sit on all the bikes. There were two two 848s - one white and one red. I got to sit on the red 848 and it was sweet.

I saw two prominent GTA Ducati dealers: Rev Cycles (which had two 1098s, one opened up so you could see its components) and GP Bikes. What was interesting was both these dealers now sell Triumphs. Are these dealers owned by the same people or is it a coincidence? Weird.

I also caught up with the president of DOCC and a bunch of the superbike riders I rode with last summer. They are super guys and it was great seeing them again.

[Burt69er]

I spoke with GP Bikes and he said it was doubtful the 696 would make either of the Toronto shows this year, but was supposed to be in dealers by May. Interestingly the 2008 Ducati catalogue doesn't even have the 696 added to it. Just 695, S2R 1000 and S4R and S4RS...you would think they are doing a major launch so how could you miss the printer cut off date?

S4RS in Tri Colour was nice, 848 looks and feels almost the same as the 1098. The new Hayabusa looked great and felt nice for ergo's.

[Markus]

Well, the show sounds pretty disappointing. :-\ Maybe the Jan one will be better?

I was really hoping to see the new 696 and 1098R. Guess they'll have to wait for another time. Shoot.